Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => Late Roman Bronze coins => Topic started by: Heliodromus on March 28, 2022, 05:08:20 PM

Title: Rome VOT X ET XV F overstrike - over what ?
Post by: Heliodromus on March 28, 2022, 05:08:20 PM

I just saw this one mentioned on the numus-bibleii board .. recently sold by Athena. Weight 3.4g, no size given.

Can anyone identity the undertype ?

Seems to be something a bit larger from Rome mint - there appears to be an exergual RT mintmark, but I can't figure what the "ORMERIT" (?) legend fragment is from.

Title: Re: Rome VOT X ET XV F overstrike - over what ?
Post by: Joshmaggosh on March 28, 2022, 05:38:57 PM

The DIVO coins of Claudius, Constantius and Maximian had the reverse legend REQVIES OPTIMOR MERIT and had Rome mint issues.

Title: Re: Rome VOT X ET XV F overstrike - over what ?
Post by: Heliodromus on March 28, 2022, 06:13:47 PM

Ah yes!  :)

And of course Rome issued them in full nummus size.

Title: Re: Rome VOT X ET XV F overstrike - over what ?
Post by: Victor on March 29, 2022, 12:14:04 PM

That's an awesome coin, though I hate that it was sold by Athena. It shows that sometimes the Romans did overstrike older issues. I have a Crispus from London that looks to be an official overstrike also.